Ryze vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Ryze
based on 633 Ryze vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ryze vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Ryze vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Ryze
Tips for Playing as Ryze against Azir
Spell Flux's short cooldown allows it to be used to spread Flux to many enemies.
Use Overload's passive to optimize for maximum damage or maximum speed.
Ryze can move and cast other spells while Realm Warp is charging without cancelling the portal.
Advice to Win Against Azir
Try to think of Sand Soldiers as fire. Don't stand in the fire.
Azir relies on his soldiers to deal damage and can only move them so often. Try to capitalize on windows of time when his soldiers are stationary.
Azir has immense damage over a prolonged amount of time but lacks the upfront burst of other mages. Try to burst him out before he can turn a confrontation around.
Ryze vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Ryze in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some influential Ryze versus Azir matchup stats that may help us understand the distinctions between these two champions. Ryze’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Azir’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Ryze may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Azir..
Ryze often has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Azir. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ryze and Azir
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Who is Better, Ryze or Azir?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ryze usually loses when trying to fight Azir, with a 46.6% win rate. Therefore, Ryze makes a poor counter to Azir.
While Ryze does have a lower winrate than Azir, when on opposite teams, Ryze also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champion to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Ryze into Aziras his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Ryze has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Azir. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Ryze vs Azir matchups, Azir is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Ryze is a bad counter for Azir. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Ryze against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Ryze in order to counter Azir during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ryze usually racks up a similar amount of CS as Azir. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Ryze versus Azir build include Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Rod of Ages. When Ryze bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Azir than with many other typical builds. In fact, Ryze boasted an average win rate of 46.6% when countering Azir with this counter build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Azir as Ryze, Ryze players should take the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Ryze vs Azir counter picks, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 46.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Azir as Ryze are shown for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a particular skill level, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.